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Furukawa Group

Logo: Kuwanahama, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Japanese industrial group

Furukawa Group (古河グループ, Furukawa Gurūpu) formerly Furukawa zaibatsu (古河財閥) is one of Japan's 15 largest industrial groups. Its origins date back to 1875, founder Furukawa Ichibei. This group specialized in mining, electronics, and chemicals industry before World War II.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Furukawa Group (古河グループ, Furukawa Gurūpu) formerly Furukawa zaibatsu (古河財閥) is one of Japan's 15 largest industrial groups. Its origins date back to 1875, founder Furukawa Ichibei. This group specialized in mining, electronics, and chemicals industry before World War II.2

Corporate structure

Furukawa Group sits at the top of its group. 4 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Furukawa Group
    • Furukawa Company Subsidiary · 東京都 千代田区, Japan
      • Furukawa Unic Subsidiary · Tokyo, Japan
      • 古河メタルリソース株式会社 Subsidiary · 東京都 千代田区, Japan

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

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Timeline

  1. 1875Founded Founded1

Sources

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